KUT media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places KUT as leaning left. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is KUT biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places KUT as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is KUT left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places KUT as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is KUT reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for KUT are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What KUT has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with KUT’s own report linked underneath.
Democrat Gina Hinojosa has defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott in the 2026 Texas governor's race. Her victory makes her the first Democrat elected governor in more than 30 years and the third woman to hold the office.
KUT reported it asGina Hinojosa holds early lead over incumbent Greg Abbott in Texas’ race for governor (opens KUT in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
KUT reported it asTravis County sees highest early voting turnout in decades for a midterm election (opens KUT in a new tab)
On Tuesday, Americans vote in the 2026 midterms that will decide whether Republicans keep their narrow House majority and Senate seats. Trump faces low approval ratings, a war with Iran and a costly cost‑of‑living squeeze, while polls show 54% of his base would back him even if he loses.
KUT reported it asTravis County sees highest early voting turnout in decades for a midterm election (opens KUT in a new tab)
Early voting turnout is up significantly in many states that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis. This surge is particularly notable in battleground states where Democrats are seeking to flip Republican-held seats.
KUT reported it asTravis County breaks first-day early voting turnout record for every midterm election this century (opens KUT in a new tab)
More than 34 million Americans have cast early ballots in the current midterm elections. This figure is on pace to surpass the early voting turnout of the 2022 midterms, according to data tracked by the UF Election Lab.
KUT reported it asTravis County breaks first-day early voting turnout record for every midterm election this century (opens KUT in a new tab)
State Representative Gina Hinojosa has filed a lawsuit against Governor Greg Abbott, seeking to inspect unredacted communications between the governor's office and Elon Musk. The communications have been classified as confidential due to their sensitive nature.
KUT reported it asAs early voting begins in Texas, Gov. Abbott’s challenger Gina Hinojosa sues over Musk emails (opens KUT in a new tab)
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico defended past statements on God's gender, capitalism, and the abolition of ICE during a CNN-hosted town hall. He stated his 'God is nonbinary' comment was meant to be provocative and that his capitalism remarks were taken out of context.
KUT reported it asAt CNN town hall, Senate candidate James Talarico woos moderate and undecided voters (opens KUT in a new tab)
Landowners, ranchers, and business owners in Texas are suing the Trump administration to stop border wall construction in the Big Bend region. The lawsuit argues the government is misusing powers to waive environmental and other regulations in an area with low rates of illegal crossings.
KUT reported it asTexas landowners sue federal government over border wall plans (opens KUT in a new tab)
Bo French, a Republican candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner, posted a photo mocking South Asian students at a University of Texas football game. Republican leaders John Cornyn and Dustin Burrows condemned the post, and former adviser Karl Rove said he will vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal.
KUT reported it asFaced with condemnation over alleged racism, Texas Republican Bo French doubles down (opens KUT in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
KUT reported it asICE agent arrested in Texas federally charged with lying about Minneapolis shooting, AP reports (opens KUT in a new tab)
The Trump administration has started building patrol roads, vehicle barriers and surveillance infrastructure in Big Bend National Park, Texas, as part of a border security project. Local residents, officials and environmental groups oppose the work, which began on 6 August, citing low illegal crossing rates and ecological damage.
KUT reported it asCornyn urges DHS to hear Texans' concerns about Big Bend border barrier construction (opens KUT in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleanLeftCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
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Who owns it
- Moody College of CommunicationOtherdirect owner
- University of Texas at AustinOtherdirect owner
- University of Texas SystemOtherparent group
Where it publishes from
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 10
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
11 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 2 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and KUT ran the story anyway.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of KUT: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 13 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as KUT, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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